Re: Final text of GPL v3 (original) (raw)

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:50:18AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote:

I think you are talking about clause 3b of GPLv2, aren't you?

Maybe you picked the wrong example, because clause 3b is a non-free restriction. Fortunately there's another alternative option, represented by clause 3a, which is DFSG-free, and consequently GPLv2 is acceptable.

No, again you have misread the DFSG. 3b is DFSG free, because the DFSG says the GPL v2 is free. Debian currently uses 3a because it is much less effort, but that doesn't mean that 3b is non free.

Bzzt, wrong. (a or b) being true doesn't imply that (a and b). It means only that at least one of them is ok, not necessarily both.

GPL-2 says "provided that you also do one of the following". "one of", not "all of".

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